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Alabama basketball summer update: Mitchell, Pollard, Gueye and more

Rodney Cooper and other Alabama basketball players greet campers at Plum Grove Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa

While football dominates the headlines this time of year, the Alabama basketball team is going through some summer training as well and getting in shape for the 2012-13 season, where it will try to improve on an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

“Workout, class, workout, study hall, start all over again,” guard Trevor Lacey said about the summer schedule. “We’re just trying to get better and better as a team.”

The team is just short of its full roster with a couple of players not in Tuscaloosa for the summer. Point guard Retin Obasohan (Belgium) and center Carl Engstrom (Sweden) are playing for their respective national teams, while point guard Trevor Releford is back in his hometown of Kansas City, Mo. working out this summer.

Several members of the team, however, took time out of their Saturday to work at a basketball camp for underprivileged kids at Plum Grove Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa. The camp was put on by Sarrell Dental Center, which is a non profit pediatric dentistry for kids, and hosted at Plum Grove.